Author/Authors :
Erbey, Fatih Çukurova University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatric Oncology, Turkey , Bayram, İbrahim Çukurova University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatric Oncology, Turkey , Yılmaz, Sema Çukurova University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatric Oncology, Turkey , Ovalı, Ercüment Çukurova University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Hematology, Turkey , Tanyeli, Atila Çukurova University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatric Oncology, Turkey
Abstract :
Five-year-old boy with thalassemia major was underwent allogenic transplant from HLA full match sibling donor. Short term treatment of methotrexate was given in addition to cyclosporine-A (CsA) for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis. Engraftment was provided on the 18th day of transplantation.
